data input device

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data input device - a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational deviceinput devicecomputer keyboard, keypad - a keyboard that is a data input device for computers; arrangement of keys is modelled after the typewriter keyboardjoystick - a manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computerscomputer peripheral, peripheral, peripheral device - (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are important peripherals"digital scanner, image scanner, scanner - an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer